Work places need to think ‘green’

A new report has found that Australian businesses need to use their enterprise agreements to work with employees on actively reducing emissions in the work place. Australian businesses don’t seem to be adopting energy reduction initiatives as actively as other countries. In England, there is a ‘green works campaign’ that essentially involves employees working with unions who then liaise with management about appropriate ‘green’ actions that need to take place. Evidence indicates that employees often have the most appropriate understanding on how they can cut down their emissions and it is often with very simple changes. Australian’s need to be actively encouraging their employers to think ‘green’ and to embark on ‘green’ awareness raising campaigns in the work place. Click here to read more.